Supero X9SCV-Q, User Manual

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Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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4-5 Security Settings
The AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password. If you use both pass-
words, the Supervisor password must be set first.
• If the Administrator password is defined ONLY - this controls access to the
BIOS setup ONLY.
• If the User's password is defined ONLY - this password will need to be entered
during each system startup or boot, and will also have Administrator rights in
the setup.
• Passwords must be at least 3 and up to 20 characters long.
Administrator Password
Press Enter to create a new, or change an existing Administrator password.
User Password:
Press Enter to create a new, or change an existing User password.
Boot Sector Virus Protection
When Enabled, the BIOS displays a warning when any program (or virus) issues a
Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive.
The options are Enabled and
Disabled .
Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) XXXX American Megatrends, Inc.
Security
 : Select Screen
 : Select Item
Enter: Select
+/- :
Change Opt.
F1 : General Help
F2 : Previous Values
F3 : Optimized Defaults
F4 : Save & Exit
ESC : Exit
Version x.xx.xxxx. Copyright (C) XXXX American Megatrends, Inc.
Set Setup Administrator
Password.
Password Description
If ONLY the administrator’s password is set,
then this only limits access to Setup and is
only asked for when entering Setup.
If ONLY the User’s password is set, then this
is a power on password and must be entered to
boot or enter Setup. In Setup the User will
have Administrator rights.
The password must be 3 to 20 characters long.
Access Level Administrator
Administrator Password
User Password
Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]
Main Advanced Boot Exit Event Logs